my POD is coming....

Some people say, "winter is coming..." but at the moment, I'm focused on "my POD is coming..."  I am trying not to overly freak out that my move is rapidly approaching and I don't feel even remotely prepared for it.  I am trying to listen to people when they tell me to just take things one step at a time and it will all come together; unfortunately the little voice in my head is sometimes louder than those around me and it tells me that using the wrong kind of tape on my boxes is going to effect what job/housing situation I am going to end up with when I move.  Yes, I may be more than slightly crazy but it's pretty typical for someone who belongs to my very, how should I say this, eclectic family.

I feel as if I got quite a bit accomplished to prepare for my move over this long weekend but looking around my apartment, I know I didn't accomplish near enough...  I tried to balance work and play some over this weekend and there was some time spent away from the process.  On Thanksgiving, I spend some time over at my dance instructor's house; every year she collects "orphans" (people who don't have anywhere else to go for Thanksgiving) to her house for Thanksgiving dinner.  I skipped last year but felt as if I should go this year since it will be my last opportunity to attend.  On Black Friday, I participated in my own tradition of taking myself to the movies instead of partaking in the insanity of shopping - I used to have movie theaters to myself (or a very small group of other people) but this year, there were about 20 other people at the movies.  I have already invited my sister-in-law to join me at the movies next year because she said that sounded like more fun than her usually working on Black Friday (even though she doesn't work retail).

When I wasn't "playing" this weekend, I went though my kitchen cupboards/freezer/fridge and cleaned them out, I went through the clothes in my closet (and donated lots of bags of clothes/shoes), and I boxed up all of my kid's books (for teaching) and my books.  I have sore muscles that I didn't think were possible and I know I should have accomplished lots more but I am proud for what I did get done.  Going into this week, I am hoping to come up with a list of things to try to accomplish each day off of work because there has always been something very satisfying to crossing things off of a to-do list for me.

Some of the other things I have to cross off my to-do this week is I have an interview tomorrow afternoon, I need to call to find information out in regards to my car lease, and I need to tell the parents/kids that I'll be leaving.  Even though I know that I need to tell them, I'm not sure how my announcement is going to be received.  Working where I do, people are constantly coming and going for different reasons but I have been here in once capacity or another for just shy of nine years.  I know that I would like to give them a heads up so they (the parents and the kids) can ask any questions they would like to ask and I can hopefully give them answers - they may not necessarily be the answers they're looking for but I can give it my best shot.

Well my dear readers, I should probably bring this to a close for this evening and start my to-do list so I can work on crossing items off of it as I go.  Since time is drawing short to the start of the next leg of my quest, I would ask if you're the praying type, please say a prayer for this Gypsy.  Thank you for joining me, my dear readers!  =)